Posts tagged sc

• Motorcycle Awareness Month Applies to All Motorists

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | May 09, 2012 8:59 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  I hear the same stories over and over again,” Jim Gladstone says in the video above. Gladstone is the president of West Coast ABATE of Florida, a non-profit organization that promotes...

• Parents Have the Power to Prevent Bullying

  Council Wooten | May 02, 2012 8:56 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  This is a trailer for the documentary “Bully,” which was released last month and has garnered much national attention. While many people have an understandable tendency to dismiss...

• Zoloft and Propecia: New Coordinated Litigation on the Horizon?

  Brenda Fulmer | March 30, 2012 3:20 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An important hearing was held on March 29, 2012, before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in San Diego, California. The Judicial Panel is a select group of federal judges, led...

• ‘If We Save One Life by Doing This, We're Doing Something Right’

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | March 28, 2012 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  This public service announcement (PSA) features Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Justin Bieber promoting the Drive Safe anti-texting application from PhoneGuard, Inc. The application...

• Families Struggle to Provide for BPI Victims While Insurance Companies Struggle to Understand BPIs

  Ed Normand | March 14, 2012 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  This video from the United Brachial Plexus Network (UBPN) highlights some of the mistakes made during childbirth that can cause a brachial plexus injury (BPI). The Mayo Clinic defines the...

• Pelvic Mesh Implant Lawsuits Move Forward in Courts

  Joe Saunders | February 08, 2012 9:28 PM | 2 CommentsPinellas, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Products liability lawsuits against three different manufacturers of transvaginal surgical mesh devices were assigned to a single federal judge in a multidistrict litigation proceeding this...

• Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Move Forward

  Joe Saunders | January 29, 2012 10:55 AM | 0 CommentsSarasota, FL Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  Thousands of women who have had surgical mesh implanted to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence are suffering from serious complications that are very difficult or...

• Florida Benefits from Business Aviation Despite Governor Rick Scott

  Jerry H. Trachtman | December 09, 2011 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsMelbourne, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most politicians are hypocrites. What they say and what they do are rarely the same. Florida Governor Rick Scott has proven himself to be a true politician, tailoring his message to...

• Time to Hire Serious People Who Have Serious Answers

  John Hopkins | November 23, 2011 3:56 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Florida education does not have a great deal to brag about. We have regularly ranked in the lower third of states in virtually every aspect of public education. The Florida politicians from...

• One for the Good Guys -- Bausch v Stryker

  Cal Warriner | November 01, 2011 11:35 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  For consumers of medical devices, yesterday’s United States Supreme Court decision not to hear a discretionary appeal from the Seventh Circuit is a big win. What ordinary consumers of drugs...